Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by DNA Entertainment Networks to quash the report submitted to the government by Retd Justice John Michael D’Cunha Inquiry Commission that probed the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The two-judge divisional bench of Justices DK Singh and Tara Vithasta Ganju had earlier heard the petition filed by Sunil Matthew, Director of DNA Entertainment, regarding the stampede outside the stadium on June 4, on the occasion of celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL victory.

The bench, which had reserved its verdict for Friday, took the state government’s stand also into consideration and, assuring DNA that it need not have any apprehension, dismissed the petition of the director.

A copy of the verdict is yet to

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